NAi Uitgevers Vacant city
Brussels' Mont des Arts reconsidered
Gedrukt boek
Central theme is the issue of vacant structures in today's cities, the role of culture in urban planning, and the changing significance of the museum. The publication also inaugurates an innovative planning process which submits to the cultural event Brussels 2000, European City of Culture, a research programme on city development models. Architects, cultural critics and philosophers offer an insight into the particular problems and history of Brussels' Mont des Arts' as urban site.